Portable fence



Patented Sept. 20,1881.

J. VELEY. PORTABLE FENCE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN W. VELEY, OF PINE GROVE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PETER MGALPIN, OF KENDALL, MICHIGAN.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,279, dated September 20, 1881. Application filed June 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. VELEY, a citizen oftheUnited States,residiugatPine Grove, county of Van Buren, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Portable Fence, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to portablefences made in panels, without the use of posts.

It has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction of such fences and to greatly facilitateoperating them, and also to provide a way whereby they may be anchored in the ground, if desired, in a detachable manner, that the fences may still remain portable.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my construction; Fig. 2, end view of fence-panels, side view of bed-piece or support, and section of the ground, showing mode of anchoring the fence; and Fig. 3, perspective of the support or bed-piece.

D D are fence-panels, made of boardsin the common manner; or, if desired, wire or wire and boards may be used. The end of these panels are lapped by each other in such a manner that the cross-pieces F F come opposite to each other on opposite sides of the fence, making a firm joint, taking the place of a post. Holes are formed in the end pieces at 2*. a are the bed-pieces, having mortise 0. They are supported from the ground by blocks 3 or stone. Thejoints of the fence at F are located in the mortise c,asin Figsl and 2. Through each end of the bed-pieces a are holes, into which wire d is tied,ithaving first been passed through holes e and tied or twisted at 2. If preferred, a spike, r,may be driven in the end, as in Fig. 1.

e is a wire. passed over the bed-piece a, and retained in the ground by stones ,or equivalent. This wire 6 is tied or twisted together in a detachable manner, so that it may be readily unfastened when desiring to move the fence.

A piece of fence thus constructed may be drawn readily from one location to another sidewise, the bed-pieces a serving as runners. One peculiar and important feature of the fence made in this manner is that in case the anchor device is not used, which is not absolutely necessary, and a hurricane should upset the fence, its top side or edge would rest on the ground, while its bottom edge would be supported at an incline angle upward by the bed-pieces a, thus, though upset, still constituting an effectual fence to guard a field until the tence could again be righted.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The mortised bed-piece and the fence-panels supported by the side Wires, in combination with the anchor, the wire supporting said anchor passing over the center ofthe bed-piece in the mortise and detachably connected with the bed-piece and anchor, for the purpose set forth.

JOHN W. VELEY.

Witnesses:

F. A. BROWNE, PHILIP F. POWELSON. 

